First week of the season Dickles Pickles Top Five

1.) Seattle: record 9-2    Other than Missing Tripp Davis ,who he traded, it looks like the same team from last year.

2.) Fargo: record 8-3  Changes to the pitching staff here. Bridger Presley left for San Juan and replaced by Eugene Lo Duca from Pittsburgh.

3.) San Francisco: record 8-3   New owner has some guys in new roles and it seems like it's working.

4.) Charleston: record 7-4   The big change was trading second baseman Geraldo Bennett to Colorado and replacing him with former first round choice Hunter Varitek

5.) Augusta: record 7-4  The first thing you notice in Augusta is the rebuilt bullpen with a combination of youngsters from the farm and older more mature veterans

Things to watch this week:

                                           Stolmy Castro (COL) and his 12 game hitting streak

                                           Warren Frazier (OTT) has 9 home runs , already

                                           Welington Leon (SJU) has stolen 12 bases

                                            Pitcher Eli Saenz (LOU) has won 4 of the 7 games he has appeared in

                                            Pitcher Andy Hamilton (OTT) has 21 strikeouts in 20.33 innings

Best series this week:    Fargo at Augusta 8-20, 8-21

                                       Seattle at Charleston 8-20, 8-21

                                       San Juan at Las Vegas 8-21, 8-22

                                       Las Vegas at Toronto  8-23